Daniel Mack

Rustic Furnishings

Permanent Collection

• Yale Art Gallery, New Haven
• Museum of Fine Art, Boston
• American Craft Museum, New York
• Hechinger Collection, Maryland

• Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington
• National Design Museum, New York
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• LongHouse Foundation Collection, Long Island

Selected Museum Exhibitions

• Trashformations. National Touring Exhibit, 1997-2006
• Art That Works. National Touring Exhibit, 1990-1994
• A Decade of Craft. American Craft Museum, New York, 1992
• Explorations: New Furniture. American Craft Museum, New York, 1991
• Decorative Arts of the 80s. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1991
• American Rustic. National Touring Exhibit, 1987-1991

Selected Exhibitions

• SOFA. New York, Chicago, Miami. 1992-1998
• Nancy Sachs Gallery. St. Louis, 1996
• Kipps Bay Showhouse. New York 1995
• Matsuya. Tokyo 1993
• Irish Crafts Council. Dublin 1992-1993
• Metropolitan Home Showhouse. New York 1991
• International Contemporary Furniture Fair. New York 1988-1994

Authored Work

Books:

• The Adirondack Chair. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2008
• The Hammock. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2008
• Rustic Garden Furniture and Accessories. Lark, 2004, paper, 2006
• Log Cabin Living: Gibbs-Smith, 1999  out-of-print
• Simple Rustic Furniture: A Weekend Workshop with Dan Mack. Lark, 1999, paper 2001
• The Rustic Furniture Companion. Lark, 1996, paper 1998 out-of-print
• Making Rustic Furniture. Lark , 1992, paper 1996

Articles:

• Borrowed Spaces, Metropolitan Home, December, 1997
• The Ballast for Life's Storms, The New York Times, August 29, 1996

Recognitions

• Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Art, since 1994
• Commission: Weiss Distinguished Professor Chair, Chicago Childrens Hospital, 1992
• Fellowships: NY Foundation for the Arts, 1986 and 1990,
  •                   Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, 1989

Selected Clients

• Centerbrook Architects, Essex, CT for Ilany, 2005-2008
• Shope, Reno, Wharton, Greenwich, CT for Quaker Farms, 2001-2003
• James A. Thompson, Architect, Greenwich, CT for Robins Island, NY.1994
• Johnson Wanzenberg, NY for Twin Farms, Barnard, VT and others
• Centerbrook Architects, Essex, CT for Marsh Estates, 1991-1993
• Various Designers for Paul Simon, Richard Gere, Mary Tyler Moore, Tommy Tune, Robert Kushner, David Salle, Tommy Mottola, Jay and Linda Sandrich, Richard and Patricia Kiley, Pam Hill and Tom Wicker and others

Selected Teaching, Lectures, Curating

Current Member of the Faculty:

• Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY.

Curator:

The Shadow: to conceal and reveal Warwick,NY 2004

• The Lure of the Rustic , Brookfield, CT 9/98 -11/98

Previous Teaching:

• Brookfield Crafts Center, Brookfield, CT
• The Crossing, Austin, TX.
• Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME
• Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
• Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
• The Newark Museum, Garden Lecture, Newark, NJ
• Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
• National Design Museum, New York
• American Craft Museum, New York

Selected References in Books

• Adirondack Style. Ann O'Leary, Random House, 1998
• Cabin Fever. Rachel Carley , Simon Schuster, 1998
• Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection. Pete Hamill, Abrams. 1996
• Centerbrook: Reinventing American Architecture. AIA Press. 1993 and 1997
• International Design Yearbook. Abbeyville Press. 1988
• 397 Chairs. The Architectural League. Abrams, 1988
• Adirondack Furniture. Craig Gilborn. Abrams. 1987

Personal

• Born: Rochester, NY, 1947
• Self-Taught artist/craftsman
• Studio in Warwick, NY

• BA, 1970, Sociology, University of Toronto
• MA, 1975, Media Studies, The New School
• EdD Work, 1977-80, Urban Studies, Fordham University.

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